Shanghai is 1.23× the size of Liguria
Shanghai (municipality of China) covers about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,750km²Shanghai
- 5,490km²Liguria
50 km
- Shanghai
- Liguria
What fits
- Liguria is 81% of the size of Shanghai.
- Shanghai is larger by 1,250 km² (484 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Liguria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shanghai is about 0.22, Liguria about 0.18.
How they differ
- Shanghai also has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.6 million, 16.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 282 in Liguria: Shanghai is 13.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,210 km apart.
- On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Shanghai: Shanghai at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.16× the size of Shanghai, when Shanghai is 1.23× the size of Liguria.
- Together Shanghai and Liguria cover 12,200 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,250 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Liguria's density, Shanghai would have 1.9 million people (it has 24.9 million). At Shanghai's density, Liguria would have 20.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Liguria's centre is 13.1° of latitude, about 1,450 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,450 km) north of Shanghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shanghai would have about 270 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Shanghai and Liguria would cover 12,200 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
- Together they have 26.4 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Shanghai | Liguria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
| Official area | 6,340 km²Wikidata | 5,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 31in China | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 31in China | 12th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 3,687 per km² | 282 per km² |
| Capital | – | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 32°N | 44°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Liguria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12